WEST TURIN, N.Y. (AP) — Police are searching a wooded area of northern New York for a snowmobiler who failed to return from a ride near his home.

The Lewis County Sheriff's Office says search teams are looking Friday morning in the sparsely populated town of West Turin for 32-year-old Jamie Pallotta, who was last seen riding his snowmobile Thursday morning.

Authorities say conditions in the area along the southwestern border of the Adirondack Park range from just a few inches of snow to up to 3 feet deep in some places. Temperatures dipped into the single digits or lower overnight in the region.

Deputies say Pallotta was believed to be on his way back home, about a half-mile from the spot where he was last seen.